What does it mean to be "pro-Palestinian?"
To most people who define themselves that way, it means to be anti-Israel.
Even though NGOs spend tens of millions of dollars in their anti-Israel efforts, writing yet another report finding yet another way Israel is supposedly the worst abuser in the world doesn't help Palestinians one bit.
Google just announced an initiative that will help more Palestinians improve their lives than anything Human Rights Watch, Amnesty, B'Tselem, the UN and the EU does - combined.
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They are offering free scholarships for 6,000 Palestinians to learn cutting edge skills where they can make money working for companies worldwide without leaving home.
I have been mystified that the EU and USAID have not prioritized this sort of training - training that would actually help Palestinians more than their other initiatives. The average Palestinian salary is now about $20,000 a year - imagine the impact from thousands making Western high tech salaries quintuple that.
The supreme irony is that while Google is doing more to help Palestinians than any other organization in the world, it is being targeted by BDS because it also does work with Israel.
We've shown that BDS actually opposed Cisco doing a similar program to promote high tech jobs among Palestinians.
Israel doesn't mind Palestinians getting high paid tech jobs. But "pro-Palestinian activists" do!
Which again goes to prove that the anti-Israel crowd really doesn't give a damn about helping Palestinians.
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